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PARIS: French hopes of posting a morale-boosting win in the build-up to next year’s World Cup were dashed in a dramatic finish to Saturday’s test against South Africa, much to the bitter disappointment of both their coach and captain. “It’s a cruel scenario,” coach Jacques Brunel told reporters after France squandered a 14-point lead when

They’re on the brink of setting more unwanted records but Wallabies flanker David Pocock has urged the struggling Australians to look beyond the black and white to ensure they take something away from another loss in South Africa. Pocock was among a select few Wallabies that stood tall in the 23-12 Port Elizabeth defeat on

Defeat in Braga was Newcastle’s second match in Portugal after the Magpies drew Zero-Zero with Porto Newcastle supervisor Rafa Benitez says the membership’s followers “need to be concerned” after a Four-Zero hammering at Braga. Objectives from Ricadro Horta, Joao Novais, Fransergio and Dyego Sousa condemned the Magpies to a “worrying” defeat. “Things are not going

Malcom signed a five-year contract with Barcelona Only a week after snubbing Roma to hitch Barcelona, Malcom scored in opposition to the Serie A aspect in a Four-2 defeat in Dallas. Roma had introduced that they had reached a deal for the 21-year-old Brazilian, however the Bordeaux winger signed for the Spanish champions as an

Paul Simpson’s side finish third in Group B in Finland Defending champions England were knocked out of the European Under-19 Championship at the group stage as they lost their final match 5-0 to France. The Young Lions were without a number of star players because the tournament clashes with clubs’ pre-season tours. Nabil Alioui and

World Cup 2018: Belgium 2-Zero England highlights England’s World Cup marketing campaign in Russia ended with a 2-Zero defeat by Belgium in St Petersburg that meant the Three Lions completed in fourth place. Gareth Southgate’s staff have been unable to bounce again from the despair of Wednesday’s extra-time loss towards Croatia within the semi-final in

England had their greatest following of the World Cup in opposition to Croatia in Moscow Chants of a “possible discriminatory” nature by England followers throughout their World Cup semi-final defeat by Croatia, are being investigated by Fifa. It pertains to the chanting of “no surrender” by England followers and different probably discriminatory songs. “We can

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWorld Cup 2018: Croatia 2-1 England (aet) highlights A peak audience of 26.5 million people watched England go out of the World Cup on ITV, according to overnight figures. That made it the most-watched five minutes of British TV since the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony. Wednesday’s audience